新视角研究生英语读说写2第二单元

Keys to Unit 6

Vocabulary

Part A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right form.

partial vapid mindless therapy befall exhilarate dissenter scholastic accident swoon

1. Advances in therapy and diagnosis have raised complex legal and moral issues in areas such as abortion,and patients’ rights.

2. The discovery of how bronze is made was probably accidental , but it turned out to be an important event.

3. Though Winston

Unit 6: Exercises

Exercises

Reading Comprehension Structure of the Text Vocabulary Cloze Translation

Unit 6: Reading comprehension

1.

At the very beginning of the article, the author points out: ―ambition is a quality that is hard to praise and easy to deplore‖. Why does he say so? And how is this related to the fact that presently many people are doubtful about ambition? What belief do these people hold about ambition? ReferenceBecause ambition is ―an unrelenting oppressor, which robs us of time and peace of mind‖, m

Keys to Unit 6

Vocabulary

Part A. Complete the sentences with words given below, making sure that each word is used in the right form.

partial vapid mindless therapy befall exhilarate dissenter scholastic accident swoon

1. Advances in therapy and diagnosis have raised complex legal and moral issues in areas such as abortion,and patients’ rights.

2. The discovery of how bronze is made was probably accidental , but it turned out to be an important event.

3. Though Winston

Unit 6 The Right to Fail

Background Information

1. About the author and the text

William Zinsser is a former newspaper reporter, prolific magazine writer, editor, teacher and renowned writing coach. His fifteen books include the classic On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (now in its 25th anniversary edition), as well as Writing to Learn, How to Write a Memoir, Speaking of Journalism, Writing About Your Life: A Journey to the Past and Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir. During the 1970s Z

三、Help Yourself through the Hard Times

1、Some years ago I had what most would call the American Dream: a thriving construction business, a comfortable home, two new cars and a sailboat. Moreover, I was happpily married. I had it all.几年前，我拥有大多数人称之为美国梦想的东西：一份蒸蒸日上的建筑生意，一个舒适的家，两辆新车和一艘帆船，此外，我婚姻幸福。我拥有这一切。 2、Then the stock market crashed, and suddenly no one was looking at the houses I’d built.Months of murderous interest payment gobbled up my savings. I couldn’t make ends meet and lay awake nights in a cold sweat. Just when I tho

一、A Working Community who came to this country still identified themselves as members of the

5、None of us, mind you, was born into these communities. Nor did we Italian community, the Irish communtiy, the Polish community. They move into them, U-Hauling our possessions along with us. None has sought out and assumes connection with people from the old country, papers to prove we are card-carrying members of one such group or Many of us have updated that experience. We have replaced ethnic another. Yet it seems that more and

Unit 6 The Right to Fail

Background Information

1. About the author and the text

William Zinsser is a former newspaper reporter, prolific magazine writer, editor, teacher and renowned writing coach. His fifteen books include the classic On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (now in its 25th anniversary edition), as well as Writing to Learn, How to Write a Memoir, Speaking of Journalism, Writing About Your Life: A Journey to the Past and Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir. During the 1970s Z

三、Help Yourself through the Hard Times

1、Some years ago I had what most would call the American Dream: a thriving construction business, a comfortable home, two new cars and a sailboat. Moreover, I was happpily married. I had it all.几年前，我拥有大多数人称之为美国梦想的东西：一份蒸蒸日上的建筑生意，一个舒适的家，两辆新车和一艘帆船，此外，我婚姻幸福。我拥有这一切。 2、Then the stock market crashed, and suddenly no one was looking at the houses I’d built.Months of murderous interest payment gobbled up my savings. I couldn’t make ends meet and lay awake nights in a cold sweat. Just when I tho

新视角研究生英语读说写1课后习题 (unit1-6 单选、翻译 unit4-6 cloze)

选择题 Unit1

1. The country is heavily dependent on its oil exports A A reliant on B. complaint with 投诉 C yielding to屈服 D. attached to 附属 2.An alternative approach is to define words according to the sentence contexts in which they occur. B A. outline大纲略述 B. explain C. specify指定 D term学期条款

3.A second hospital has been accused of（被控告的）mixing up a baby’s name tag（标签）, making the mo

大学课堂：还有人在听吗？ 纽约大学的Robert A．Fowkes是我过去的一位老师。他喜 欢讲在上世纪30年代他在德国上古威尔士语课的故事。第一天 上课，教授大步走上讲台，翻了翻笔记，咳嗽了一声，开始说 道：“早上好，女士们、先生们。”Fowkes不安地扫视一番。 他是上这门课的惟一学生。 在学期中间，Fowkes因病缺了一次课。他回到课堂的时候，教授毫无表情地向他点了点头。接着令Fowkes大吃一惊的是， 教授没有按照顺序讲下一课（即Fowkes缺的那课），而是讲了 后面一课。难道他真的在他唯一的学生缺席的情况下对着空教 室讲了一课？Fowkes认为这太有可能了。 今天美国的大学（原本是以德国的大学为模型的）受到了 各方面的严厉指责。人们指责老师没有教好，学生没有学好。 美国的商业和工业饱受无进取心的、缺乏创造力的管理人员之 苦，这些人受的教育是自己不要思考，而是说一些过时的在 世界上其他地方早已抛弃的陈词滥调。大学毕业生既没有基本 技能也没有全面修养。有人对高等教育的状况做了研究并发表 了报告，但由此引发的变化在很大程度上不是表面的，就是使 已经糟糕的情形变得更糟。

美国教育中很少被挑战的方面是讲课制度。教授不停地 讲